Determinants of the Regional Demand for Higher Education: A Gravity Model Approach
Determinants of the Regional Demand for Higher Education: A Gravity Model Approach
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区域高等教育需求的决定因素：引力模型方法
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.384861
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发表时间：
2003
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P. Rietveld
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作者：
C. Sá;R. Florax;P. Rietveld
关于高等教育需求决定因素的研究通常强调社会经济因素的相关性，但在很大程度上探讨了未来学生大学选择的空间层面。在这项研究中，我们调查的荷兰高中毕业生在2000年大学入学的决定因素，并特别注意大学的吸引力，无论是在其访问和教育质量的计划。我们结合联合收割机的横截面数据的原产地的高中毕业生和大学的目的地地区的一年级学生的区域和大学的特点，在生产约束的重力模型。该研究的主要结论是，未来学生的行为受到负面距离威慑效应和租金下降效应的影响，但积极影响来自区域/城市设施，而不是来自大学课程的教育质量。
Studies on the determinants of the demand for higher education typically emphasize the relevance of socio-economic factors, but leave the spatial dimensions of the prospective students' university choices largely explored. In this study, we investigate the determinants of university entrance for Dutch high school graduates in 2000, and pay particular attention to the attractiveness of the university, both in terms of its accessibility and the educational quality of its programme. We combine cross-section data on the region of origin of the high school graduate and the university destination region for first-year students with regional and university characteristics in a production-constrained gravity model. The main finding of the study is that the behaviour of prospective students is governed by a negative distance deterrence effect and a downward rent effect, but a positive impact results from regional/urban amenities rather than from the educational quality of the university programmes.